Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spring he took him to the house in Normandy . |
| 2 | More than any other wartime figure he addressed himself to the conscience of middle-class radicalism , arguing that the only worthwhile victory possible was one based on the common ownership of the means of production and a moral revolution in which selfishness and the profit motive would give way to an ethic of service to the community . |
| 3 | A row erupted and when they reached Craylands he threw her to the ground and blasted her twice with a shotgun . |
| 4 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 5 | After the rape he dragged her to an alley but she broke free . |
| 6 | All he could see of the lifeboat was her searchlight beam , and with that as his only reference he guided her to the scene . |
| 7 | At a press conference he committed himself to a big recruitment drive for Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , and , if necessary , to putting more resources into local authorities in order to make the bill work . |
| 8 | Over the next eight years he applied himself to the development and perfection of the colour printing process which brought him international fame . |
| 9 | Barnard inherited a large fortune from his father : over a period of fifty years he devoted himself to the formation of a collection of prints , drawings , and paintings , becoming one of the foremost connoisseurs of his day . |
| 10 | He went to see her that day he took you to the airport . |
| 11 | The following day he introduced himself to the Old Trafford crowd by appearing in playing gear and juggling with the ball before United 's game against the champions Arsenal . |
| 12 | With blood pouring from the bare bone he made it to a pub near Loose , Kent , where regulars called 999 . |
| 13 | Naturally Terry had hard-line views on all this , and as we changed for the show on that charged night he proclaimed them to the entire cast , as if he were addressing a meeting . |
| 14 | The next morning he took us to the place where the evil Sir Hugo died . |
| 15 | In that state he gave it to the boy who set off on his half-mile walk . |
| 16 | Obviously , success in some of those early films had their effect on Wil he promoted himself to a star on the strength of them . |
| 17 | To and fro from Sydney to Parramatta he devoted himself to the spiritual and physical welfare of the convicts . |
| 18 | Without a word he brought it to the table beside her bed and put it carefully down . |
| 19 | At lunch-time he addressed himself to the kitchen cupboards and the refrigerator and was touched , though not surprised , at how spartan was the fare that Pooley allowed himself . |
| 20 | With a gesture he drew them to the side of the corridor . |
| 21 | Grabbing Lena 's hand he pulled her to the front of the van and bundled her into the passenger seat . |
| 22 | With a groan he lowered her to the quilt and brought his head down . |
| 23 | George Hurst , the son of a curate , was born in 1800 and was apprenticed to a silk mercer at the age of 13 , at the end of which time he applied himself to an energetic programme of self-improvement and became a schoolteacher . |
| 24 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 25 | During this time he introduced himself to the Governor of New South Wales , who received me most kindly and offered me every assistance ’ , and paid his respects to Captain Philip Parker King , who had commanded his expedition with Lady Franklin to Recherche Bay the previous December , and who was now resident in Sydney as Port Officer and Superintendent of Government Vessels . |
| 26 | After dinner he took us to the Royal College of Art , where he seemed proud to be an honorary member of the faculty club and students ' union . |
| 27 | On the second evening of my visit he took me to a literary party given by the Chicago Tribune in honour of Carl Sandberg in the sumptuous lounge of a club called ‘ The 333 ’ ( at 333 Michigan Boulevard ) . |
| 28 | There was no sense in which he " slowed down " , however , and in fact he compared himself to a travelling Sherlock Holmes . |